In praise of life-giving water

Every year, after the harvest is completed or around the end of the Lunar New Year, the Rơ Ngao ethnic minority in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum’s Đăk Hà District celebrate a festival called Nước Giọt (Water Drops).

Agricultural exports set to join more global value chains as new FTAs take effect

Vietnamese farm produce exporters are expected to benefit from increased participation in global value chains as a result of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the UK-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), speakers said yesterday at a conference in HCM City. 

Huntkey Presents at the All-Digital CES 2021 Huntkey Presents at the All-Digital CES 2021

EVFTA – impetus for intensifying Việt Nam-Germany trade ties Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh and German Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier co-chaired the first meeting of the joint committee for economic co-operation between the two countries which took place virtually on Tuesday.

Gov’t presses on with thrift practice, wastefulness combat Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a decision promulgating the Government’s master plan on thrift practice and wastefulness combat.

Environmental polluter becomes protector

While the whole world continues to battle rising environmental pollution, one group of Vietnamese students has found a radical solution from cashew nut shells and wild sunflower leaves to bring to the fight.

Light dances around as we dine

Visual mappings are traditionally thought of as large video displays on buildings at major events with huge crowds. Belgium-based company Skullmapping, however, has demonstrated that small scale visual mappings for a smaller group of people can be equally impressive, when unveiling Le Petit Chef an entertaining 3D “mini-mapping” projection concept.

Việt Nam aims to strengthen post-war toxic chemical consequence settlement Việt Nam plans to step up efforts to clear post-war unexploded ordnance and toxic chemicals, aiming to remove about 800,000 hectares of bomb and mine-polluted land by 2025.

Thăng Long Bridge reopens to traffic Thăng Long Bridge reopened to traffic on Thursday after five months of repairs, the Ministry of Transport has said.

Property prices expected to rise 10 per cent in 2021 Real estate prices in 2021 are expected to increase by 10 per cent over the previous year, said Nguyễn Văn Đính, deputy general secretary of the Việt Nam Real Estate Association (VNREA).